Improvement in fences



CHARLES H. sTRowG-ER.

Improvement in Fences.

No. 20,546. Patentedocnsnwz.

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PATENT @Prien CHARLES H. STROWGER, OF WEBSTER, NEW YORK.

`|MPRovEMENT IN FENcEs.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,546, dated October31, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. STROWGER, of Webster, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedPicket-Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying' drawing forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a top' view.

This invention relates to picket-fence supported upon horizontal wiresstretched between posts placed one at each end of the fence 5 the invention consisting` in the manner of connecting the supporting-stakes orbraces with the upper set of wires.

Referring to the drawing, a is the end post of the fence, set firmly inthe ground. b is the upper set of wires, and c the lower set. Thesesets, each consisting of two wires, are stretched in the iirst instancebetween the terminal posts, one set near the top and the other near thebottom ofthe same. The pickets d are then interwoven, one at a time,with the wires, by crossing the latter in each set and then slipping thepicket previ ousl y placed between the wires oi' both sets, backwardinto the crotches of the wires. A guide consisting of a picket havingstaples or eyes for the wires to run through is connected with the wiresand kept at a suitable distance in front of the workman, for the purposeof keeping the upper and lower sets at a proper distance apart, and alsoof preventing the wires from twisting along their whole length owing totheir crossing in front of each picket. This manner of building fence isno part of my invention.

A B represent stakes for giving lateral support to the fence byconnection with the upper set of wires b. This connection may beeiiected in two different ways, shown respectively at x and y. At c: thestakes A are shown as connected with wires during the building of thefence,

and in the same manner as the pickets-that is to say, the upper end of.one of the stakes is pressed iirmly into the crotch of the wires, andthe upper end ofthe other stake is then laid against the first, afterwhich the wires are crossed as usual. The bottoms ofthe stakes A are irmly imbedded in the ground prior to the connect ing of their tops withthe fence; At y the stakes B are shown as connected with the wires afterthe building of the fence, and this is done by leaving the wires bbetween the pickets where the stakes are to be introduced uncrossed. Thestakes are raised bottom upward, their upper ends inserted between thewires b and the stakes then turned downward, thus twisting the wires.The felice at this part is then raised up high enough to allow thebottoms of the stakes B to drop into holes in the ground previouslyprepared for them. rlhe pickets at one or both sides of the stakes areextended into the ground to make the fence more firm. The bottoms ofthestakes may be fastened to sills, as shown at U. A fence thus constructedis exceedingly strong and very durable and cheap.

While l disclaim the construction of the fence proper, or the method ofinterweavin g the pickets with the wires, I also wish to be understoodas making no claim to the combination, broadly, of stakes or inclinedbraces with such or other fence, in which the pickets are supported byWires, but

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The stakes A A and B B, notched at their upper ends, and connected withthe upper set b of wires, inthe manner shown and described, whereby thewires are strained and the fence rendered complete, as specified.

C. I-I. STROWGER. YVitnesses:

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